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What are the formed elements in blood
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Living blood cells
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What is plasma
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Nonliving, fluid matrix
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Function of dissolved proteins in blood
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Fibrin strands during blood clotting
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If sample of blood is spun on a centrifuge, what is the order of contents from top to bottom (in the container)
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Plasma (top), buffy coat, formed elements
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Red blood cells are called; function
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Erythrocytes; transport oxygen and help transport carbon dioxide
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Thin, whitish layer (after being spun) is called
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Buffy
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Buffy coat contains:
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Leukocytes and platelets
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The percentage of erythrocytes to total blood volume? what is this figured called:
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45%; hematocrit
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What percentage of blood is plasma
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55%
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What percentage of blood is leukocytes and platelets
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Less than 1%
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What is the normal pH of blood? normal temp? % of body weight? volume in healthy men?
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Between 7.35-7.45 (slightly alkaline); 100.4 F (38C); 8% of total body weight; 5-6 liters
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What is plasma made of (major categories)
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Water, salts (electrolytes), plasma proteins, substanes transported by blood
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Water's function in plasma; percentage of H2O in plasma
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Solvent for carrying other substances; absorbs heat; 90%
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Salts' (electrolytes) function in plasma
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Osmotic balance, pH buffering, regulation of membrane permeability
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What are the plasma proteins; function
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Albumin, fibrinogen, globulins; osmotic balance, pH buffering, clotting of blood, defense (antibodies), lipid transport
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